Kent D. Kufeldt
Practising primarily in the area of corporate and securities law, Kent has represented public issuers including corporations, limited partnerships and income and royalty trusts in both public and private financing matters as well as in reorganization transactions. As well, Kent has acted for underwriting syndicates in connection with public offerings and private placement financings. Kent also has significant experience with merger, acquisition and reorganization transactions acting for both acquiring companies and target companies in respect of hostile takeovers and negotiated acquisitions.
Kent also has significant experience in the oil sands sector having been involved in public and private debt and equity financings, initial public offerings and cross border financing transactions for this very active sector of the oil and gas industry.
Kent is the chair of the firm's Securities practice group.
- University of Toronto, LL.B., 1988
- University of Calgary, B.A. Economics, 1985
- Alberta, 1989
- Member, Law Society of Alberta
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member & Former Chair, Securities Subsection
- Member, Calgary Bar Association
- Past Member, Alberta Securities Commission, Securities Advisory Committee
- Speaker, "Income and Royalty Trust Conference," 2004
- Speaker, "Mergers & Acquisitions - Leading Players - Leading Deals Conference," 2001
- Lecturer, Business Law Section of the Bar Admission Course, 1995 to 1999
- Speaker, "Legal Considerations in taking your Service Company Public," at Financing Alternatives Forum for all oil and gas service companies, 1999
- Designated as a "Best Lawyer in Canada", 2009
- Corporate Law
- Securities
- Designated as a "Leading Practitioner", 2008 Lexpert/ALM 500
- Corporate Finance
- Designated as a "Best Lawyer in Canada", 2007
- Corporate Law
